Recommendations for music with Cello and Barogue?

[Johnny Vinyl]

I love the sound of the cello and I also really like barogue, but I'm somewhat ignorant of things classical, so I need your help.

I'd like to find one or two albums (preferably vinyl) that would give me a good starting point, should I wish to continue and expand.

As usual, your expert advice is always appreciated, so thank you in advance for any and all recommendations.

 

[Bruce B]

Some of the best Cello music I've heard:

Title: Bach, J.S.: Suites for Solo Cello and 2 Cello Sonatas
Artist: Janos Starker
Genre: Classical
Label: Mercury Living Presence
Release Date: 1991

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

That's one album I've heard mention of more than once! Obviously this is a winner! Thank you!

 

[MylesBAstor]

That's one album I've heard mention of more than once! Obviously this is a winner! Thank you!

The Starker was reissued by Speakers Corner or else one can get it on the original Mercury release. It is however among the pricier Mercs.

Another sleeper that I recommend is:

http://www.themusic.com/search.cfm?artist=Gary%20Karr%20

There are also recordings by DuPre and Tortelier on EMI that are very nice. I'd have to search thru my collection for some specific recordings.

 

[RBFC]

John,

These are very good:

http://www.amazon.com/C-P-Bach-Conc...r_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1322232928&sr=1-10

Might want to buy them used, considering they're out of print.

Lee

 

[Wardsweb]

Yo-Yo MA Simply Barogue II

Bach Cello Suites

 

[jazdoc]

Keep 'em coming. This is great for a classical newb like me

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Indeed....keep 'em coming! I went to look for the Janos Starker vinyl, but couldn't find it, although he had several others including a boxset of Bach/Starker. This dealer had quite a bit of stuff, including a lot of Yo Yo Ma. Will have to try him again soon!

 

[Vincent Kars]

There are 2 ways to play baroque music.
One is the traditional way. The big symphony orchestras playing Bach.
They do so with modern instruments and modern playing techniques.
They make Bach or Beethoven sound as if they were nephews of Wagner.
So a romantic interpretation of pre-romantic music.

In the 70’s a movement started called ‘authentic performance’.
Using old instruments (or replicas), the playing techniques of that time (no vibrato) and small settings. Often higher tempi too.
This result in a leaner and far more transparent sound.

The godfathers of this authentic movement are Gustav Leonhardt and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

I recommend the Brandenburger Concerto’s by Ton Koopman.
A very fine cellist is Anner Bylsma.

 

[MylesBAstor]

Indeed....keep 'em coming! I went to look for the Janos Starker vinyl, but couldn't find it, although he had several others including a boxset of Bach/Starker. This dealer had quite a bit of stuff, including a lot of Yo Yo Ma. Will have to try him again soon!

The boxset is what Bruce was referring to:

http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/14235/Janos_Starker-Bach_6_Cello_Suites-Vinyl_Box_Sets

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

The boxset is what Bruce was referring to:

http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/14235/Janos_Starker-Bach_6_Cello_Suites-Vinyl_Box_Sets

I thought it was a single LP...damn! No problem though...I'm gonna go back and get it, as that's the one he had. Thanks for the clarification Myles!

 

[vinylphilemag]

I thought it was a single LP...damn! No problem though...I'm gonna go back and get it, as that's the one he had. Thanks for the clarification Myles!

I second the recommendation for that boxed set; it's a good 'un!

 

[FrantzM]

John

No conversation about Cello can be conduced without mentioning Jacqueline Dupre. Many consider her the finest of the 20th century and likely one of the best ever... She died at a very early age (42 I believe) and by the ripe age of 28 could no longer perform because of crippling arthritis. There are some LP of her performance out there, I had a few EMI myself but if it is the music you crave you will find almost ALL her work on CD.
I should also mention Miroslav Rostropovitch. A fine, very fine cellist, precise and smooth, ultimately much less lyrical than Dupre and I would say that he was a practician of the Cello not a lover of the instrument as Dupre was ...
Here some from both:

Elgar: Cello Concerto; Bach: Cello Suites, #1 & #2

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yP8U2UrLL._SS400_.jpg

This set has about 15 CD and is to me a must for anyone who loves the Cello. Of course you will find her rendition of The Elgar Cello concerto which by all account inckuding that of Elgar himself is "defintive".. prepare yourself for Kleenex tissues and goosebumps .. This is the kind of msic one listen alone or with really close and understanding friends ... Her rendition is that good

Jacqueline Du Pré - The Complete EMI Recordings [Box Set]

Very, very good also.

Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6

Bach: Suites for Solo Cello; Sonatas in G & D Major

Ok for that one (which I happen to have) you may have to fish quite a bit ... rather expensive but you can find it ... I did a few years ago and the price wasn't so royal.

There is alot more for these will give you a wiff of how good these people were... A bit if trivia Yo-Yo Ma's Stradivarius is Jacqueline Dupre's very own Cello, a gift from her grandmother or godmother ... He is a very good cellist, he is in my opinion not at the level of Dupre or Rostropovitch, few ever were...

 

[MylesBAstor]

John

No conversation about Cello can be conduced without mentioning Jacqueline Dupre. Many consider her the finest of the 20th century and likely one of the best ever... She died at a very early age (42 I believe) and by the ripe age of 28 could no longer perform because of crippling arthritis. There are some LP of her performance out there, I had a few EMI myself but if it is the music you crave you will find almost ALL her work on CD.
I should also mention Miroslav Rostropovitch. A fine, very fine cellist, precise and smooth, ultimately much less lyrical than Dupre and I would say that he was a practician of the Cello not a lover of the instrument as Dupre was ...
Here some from both:

Elgar: Cello Concerto; Bach: Cello Suites, #1 & #2

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yP8U2UrLL._SS400_.jpg

This set has about 15 CD and is to me a must for anyone who loves the Cello. Of course you will find her rendition of The Elgar Cello concerto which by all account inckuding that of Elgar himself is "defintive".. prepare yourself for Kleenex tissues and goosebumps .. This is the kind of msic one listen alone or with really close and understanding friends ... Her rendition is that good

Jacqueline Du Pré - The Complete EMI Recordings [Box Set]

Very, very good also.

Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6

Bach: Suites for Solo Cello; Sonatas in G & D Major

Ok for that one (which I happen to have) you may have to fish quite a bit ... rather expensive but you can find it ... I did a few years ago and the price wasn't so royal.

There is alot more for these will give you a wiff of how good these people were... A bit if trivia Yo-Yo Ma's Stradivarius is Jacqueline Dupre's very own Cello, a gift from her grandmother or godmother ... He is a very good cellist, he is in my opinion not at the level of Dupre or Rostropovitch, few ever were...

Ahem Frantz....did we forget about Pablo Casals?

 

[FrantzM]

Ahem Frantz....did we forget about Pablo Casals?

ooooooooooooooops ...
Will be spinning tonight:

Bach: Cello Suites

in my defense however, Rostropovitch is considered by many to be the superior of Caslas however heretic this might sound and Dupre, well is considered to have been at a slightly superior level especially in more modern music where her lyricism and her passionate playing would sustain or elevate the score.. her Elgar comes to mind and so does her Saint Saens.. In comparison Rostropovitch is good but somewhat restrained and some would say too composed ... Casals seems to me in the third position compared to those 2.. As for the first .. I tend to think that Dupre is that, the best cellist of the 20th century, maybe one of the best ever

 

[LL21]

i too like Cello and baroque. In general, the artists i enjoy are: Bach, CPE Bach (his son), Handel...for Handel, Harmonia Mundi is the label and Egarr is one of the artists whose interpretations i particularly enjoy...then Vivaldi, Telemann, Corelli...Amazon is a great place to get 'snips' of each track to listen to...just do a search for each artist plus 'cello' and i am sure you will find PLENTY.

Florigelium does a Bolivian Baroque series which is great and exceptionally well recorded...a series of 3 CDs...i prefer the first but own all 3...note i dont think they use much cello but great baroque. I also find Haydn is nice though it is clearly later-on, past the Baroque era, i believe...but not as evolved as the Beethoven era which came even later.

 

[LL21]

BTW, i own most of the CDs listed here...all are good...particularly the rare SACD Starker Cello suites...which is my favorite (i own du pre, rostropovich, fournier, and one other)

 

[MylesBAstor]

ooooooooooooooops ...
Will be spinning tonight:

Bach: Cello Suites

in my defense however, Rostropovitch is considered by many to be the superior of Caslas however heretic this might sound and Dupre, well is considered to have been at a slightly superior level especially in more modern music where her lyricism and her passionate playing would sustain or elevate the score.. her Elgar comes to mind and so does her Saint Saens.. In comparison Rostropovitch is good but somewhat restrained and some would say too composed ... Casals seems to me in the third position compared to those 2.. As for the first .. I tend to think that Dupre is that, the best cellist of the 20th century, maybe one of the best ever

Another artist that is underrated is Gary Karr

 

[RBFC]

Karr' Albinoni Adagio has been famous in "audiophile recording" circles for a few decades. Karr plays double bass, FWIW, not cello. The King Super Analogue LP was very good, and the gold CD is also very good.

Lee

 

[MylesBAstor]

Karr' Albinoni Adagio has been famous in "audiophile recording" circles for a few decades. Karr plays double bass, FWIW, not cello. The King Super Analogue LP was very good, and the gold CD is also very good.

Lee

Yes you're right. My brain is still suffering from food coma